On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 22:51:37 -0700  "Michael L. Hitch" wrote:

> On Oct 28,  4:43pm, Simon Burge wrote:
> > Dang - found the problem.  Inside sysinst's "get_disks" subroutine,
> > there's the following code:
> ...
> > Anyone see a good reason not to change this to "less than 8"?
> > (Remember, 2100's and 3100's use 6 as the host adapter ID, and
> > 7 is free for disks).
> 
>   Here's a reason:  what if you are trying to install on a disk
> connected to a second (or third) controller?  Then you want to be
> able to find rz8-rzrz14 (or rz16-rz22).

Good point.  This is in MI code, so I guess the number could be almost
limitless - although a generic kernel using the MI SCSI stuff will
number disks sequentially from 0 unlike the pmax.

Are we sort of happy just to say the first bus (or first 7 disks on an
MI SCSI system) for now?

Simon.